- The Kremlin assures that they will not be sent to fight in Ukraine.
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| Russian President Vladimir Putin inspects the training progress of mobilized servicemen at a Ryazan training camp. |
Russia calls 120,000 citizens to complete compulsory military service
Russia began the autumn enlistment phase for compulsory military service on Tuesday in which 120,000 Russian citizens are called up, 7,500 fewer than in the same period last year.
The Russian military command has assured that the recruits will not be sent to Ukraine. "I want to reassure conscripts and their parents that those called up for military service will not participate in the special military operation in Ukraine," Rear Admiral Vladimir Tsimlianski said.
"Most of the recruits will be sent to training units, where in a period of up to five months they will learn to use modern weapons and train in military specialties," Rear Admiral Tsimlianski told the official TASS agency.
The autumn call-up usually begins on October 1, but this year it was postponed for a month due to the partial mobilization decreed on September 21 by Russian President Vladimir Putin to deal with military setbacks in Ukraine.
Last Friday, the Russian Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigú, considered the order of the head of state fulfilled and announced that the plan to mobilize 300,000 reservists had been fulfilled, of which 82,000 had already been sent to the area of the military campaign in Ukraine.
During the partial mobilization for the campaign in Ukraine, complaints from reservists multiplied about the lack of the most basic equipment and that they were forced to buy it with their own money.
Under Russian law, all Russian citizens between the ages of 18 and 27 are required to perform military service, which lasts one year.
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